The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-23

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{ spection, at every depot where such
freight is received for shipment, seized
ules showing the through rates eStab
lished and charged by such common
carrier to all points in the United States
beyond the foreign country to which it
accepts freight for shipment; and any
freight shipped from the United States
through a foreign country into the Uni
ted States, the through rate on which
shall not have been made public as re-
quired by this act, shall, before it is
admitted into the United States from
said foreign county, be subject to Gus
toms duties, as if said freight we're OF
foreign production; and any law in con-
iiict with this section is hereby repealed.
No advance shall be made in the
rates, fares, and charges which have
been established and published as afora-
said by any common carrier, in cOmpli-
ance with the requirements of this see
ton, except afterten days pub ic notice,
which shall plainly state the changes
proposed 10 be made in the schedule
then in force, and the ti"'e when the
increased rates, fares, OF ,..drges will go
in o effect; and the proposed changes
shall be shown by printing new sched-
ules, or shall be plainly indicated upon
the schedules in force at the time and
kept for p bic inspection. Reducti0nSi Il
such published rates, fares, or charges
may be made without previous public
notice.; but whenever any such Teduc-
ton is made, notice of the same shall
Immediately be publicly posted and the
changes made shall Immediately be made
public by printing new schedules, orshall
Immediately be plainly indicated upon
the schedules at the time in force and
kept for pfblic inspection.
And when any such common carrier
shall have established and published its
rates, fares and charges, IN compliance
with the provisions of this section, it
shall be unlawful for such common ear
rier 10 charge, demand, collect, or re-
ceive from any person or persons a
greater or less compensation for the
transportation of passengers or property,
or for any services in connection there
with, than is specified in such published
schedule of rates, fares, and charges as
may at the time be in force.
Every common carrier subject to the
provisions of this act slall file with the
Commission hereinafter provided for
copies of its schedules of rates, fares,
and charges which have been established
and published in compliance with the
requirements of this section, and shall
promptly notify said Commission Of all
changes made in the same. Every such
common carrier shall also file with said
Commission copies of all contracts,
agreements OIL arrangements with other
common carriers in relation to any
traffic affected by the provisions of this
act to which it may be a party. And
in cases where passengers and freight
pass over continuous lines or routes
operated by more than one common
carrier, and the several common carriers
operating such lines Of routes establish
joint tariffs of rates, or fares, OF charges
for such continuous lines or routes.
copies of such joint tariffs shall also, in
like manner, be filed with said Commits
sion. Such joint rates, fares, and
charges on such continuous lines so filed
as aforesaid shall be made public by
such common carriers when directed by
said Commission, in so far as may, in
the Judgment of the Commission, he
deemed practicable; and said Commits
sion shall from time to time prescribe
the measure of publicity which shall be
given to such rates, fares, and charges,
CT to such part of them as it may deem
it practicable for such common carriers
to publish, ami the places in which they
shall be published; but no common car
rier party to my such joint tariff shall
be liable for the failure of any other
common carrier party thereto to observe
and adhere to the rates, fares, OR
charges thus made and published.
If any such common carrier shall
neglect or refuse to file or publish its
schedules or tariffs Of rates, fares and
charges as provided in this section, or
any part of the same, such common
carrier shall, in addition to other PEN
alties herein prescribed, be subject to a
writ of mandamus, to be issued by any
ei1cuit court Of the United States in the
judicial district wherein the principal
office of said common carrier is situated,
or wherein such offence may be COM
miCted, and if such common carrier be
a foreign corporation, in the judicial
circuit wherein such common carrier
accepts traffic and has an agent to per-
form such service, to compel compliance
with the aforesaid provisions OF this
section; and such writ shall issue in the
name OF the people of the United States,
at the relation of the Commissioners
appointed under the provisions of this
act; and failure to comply with its re.
quirements shall be punishable as and
fer a contempt; and the said Commits
sioners, as compliments, may also apply,
in any such circuit court of the United
States. for a writ of injunction against
such common carrier, to restrain such
common carrier from receiving OF trans
porting property among the several
States and Territories of the United
States. or between the United States
and adjacent foreign countries, or be-
tween ports of trans'shipment and of
entry and the several States and Terri
tories of the United States, as men
toned in the first section Of this act,
until such common carrier shall have
complied with the aforesaid provisions
of this section of this act.
Sec. Z. That it shall be unlawful for
any common carrier subject to the pro-
visions of this act to enter into any
combination, contract, OF agreement,
expressed OF implied, to prevent, by
change of time schedule, carriage in
different cars, OF by other means or
devices, the carriage Of freights from
being continuous from the place of ship
ment to the place of destination; and no
break of bulk, stoppage, or interruption
made by such common carrier shall pre-
vent the carriage of freights from being
and being treated as n continuous
carriage from the place of shipment to
the place of destination, unless such
break, or stoppage, or interruption was
made III good faith for some necessary
purpose, and without any intent to
avoid or unnecessarily interrupt such
continuous carriage OF TO evade any of
the provisions of this act.
Sec. 8. That in case any common car
rier subject to the provisions Of this act
shall do, cause TO be done, OF permit TO
be done any act, matter, OIL thing in this
act prohibited or declared to be unlaw-
full. or shall omit to do any act, matter,
or thing in this act required y be done,